Music Network

A collective made up of musicians, academics, association heads, radio broadcasters, governmental advisers and festival promoters this week launched The Music Trust. Dr. Richard Letts AM, its…

Neil Young spoke to an attentive crowd of music lovers yesterday, on the first day of SXSW’s music program, addressing the issues surrounding the sale of low-quality mp3s. The music legend took to…

Applications for two Australia Council music grants – Presentation Promotion and New Works – close on Monday, May 5. Presentation Promotion provides up to $30,000 to support one-off projects that…

After launching their services in twenty new territories last December, Rdio are now preparing to enter the Indian market, acquiring popular streaming service Dhingana with plans to rebrand and…

A biography of Rolling Stone publisher and co-founder, Jann Wenner, is in the works. The book will be penned by Joe Hagan, a contributing editor for New York magazine who has written long-form pieces…

Victoria’s peak music association Music Victoria has this morning unveiled a White Paper making known a series of recommendations to politicians ahead of the state election on November 29. The…

One Direction fever is now officially a worldwide epidemic, with the UK lads’ third album Midnight Memories the highest selling record worldwide in 2013. These figures come from IFPI’s Digital Music…

DJ Warehouse Australia in administration DJ Warehouse Australia, the country’s largest supplier of DJ gear, music production and PA hire, informed suppliers that it is set to cease trading. Pro-audio…

Triple j and the ABC have announced that digital station Dig Music will be renamed Double J and re-launched on Wednesday 30 April. The station will also introduce regular presenters with music…

New international partnerships for Create/Control The latest additions to Create/Control’s international labels are USA’s Downtown Records and the UK’s Mute. Downtown is home to Gnarls Barkley, Miike…

Shaun James heads Presto Shaun James, General Manager of music channels and Head of Digital for Foxtel Networks Australia, is overseeing its new online movie service Presto. James bowed out as…

Courtney Barnett, Ben Salter, Lance Ferguson, The Grigoryan Brothers and Ainslie Wills are the recipients of $15,000 grants awarded by the PPCA and Australian Council. The grants will be used to…